After getting a good night´s rest, waking up, grabbing a hot cup of coffee, I login to find out how the sleepless teams are coming along during this year´sPrimal Quest.
I first typed in the URL, primalquest.com and arrived at a website that reminded me of the heaven´s gate cult, whoops. ECOprimalquest.com is where it´s at, one of the biggest events for the cult of adventure racers.

Teams have been at it for 2 days and 5 hours now (53 Hours), and somehow it is just the beginning. There is a cluster of about 8 teams way out in front. The New Zealand team, Orionhealth.com (2008 AR World Champions), have pushed hard to get the lead and only time will tell if they can keep it up. Biting at their tail, are two strong American teams (according to recent SPOT Tracking Posts, they are almost within shouting distance of each other), Salomon/Crested Butte and Cordura/Osprey Packs.

Here is a very recent update from team Cordura/Osprey Packs doing a great job keeping the world posted at their BLOG,

Hello again!!

Team Cordura/Osprey is still rocking along, currently in 3rd place. It seems that Salomon/Crested Butte is having some issues with their Spot tracking device, as they have reappeared in 2nd place after over 12 hours being out of touch, which has us now in 3rd place, probably the place we have been all along!! As of 10:30 this morning, Team OrionHealth (from NZ) continues with healthy lead and have just completed the ropes section. Salomon/CB is on the ropes and Cordura/Osprey has just arrived at the ropes section. These three teams appear to have distanced them selves from a cluster of 4 chasing teams at this point. We went back and forth with Team Bones all night, but it appears they have chosen to take a short break, or………..maybe their GPS is not working right either!! The top eight teams though have really distanced themselves from the rest of the race, as the 8th place team (Team iMoat) has a 30 mile lead on 9th place. Sure looks like the winner will come from this cluster of 8, and actually the top three right now have a healthy lead on the other 5 teams in this lead bunch. Following the ropes section, the teams will continue on a long trekking leg down to the swim and paddle sections, which will take them well towards the east, out in the heart of the Badlands.

We all hope the ropes section is going well. Should be a blast!

Keep smiling!!!

The media team, including: Kraig Becker from theadventureblog.blogspot.com , Frances Fisher, with help from Corey Rosen and Craig Steinn have been doing an excellent job. Frances brings us these great quotes from the field with her posting, Heard on the Course:

“I’m not in the mood for raisins, but a cocoa beverage sounds good.”
“Our high point was finding that burrito shop. Specifically, the Mountain DO Burrito.”
“This map shows a gravel road exactly the same as it shows a small rut where a jeep once went.”
“I’m so glad to be done with map 1A.”
“They have some products to stop the chafing they call Monkey Butt. One is called Heinie Helper. Another one’s called Monkey Butt.” “Shouldn’t it be Anti-Monkey-Butt?” “That would make sense.”
[and my favorite] “Forget this orienteering stuff. We’re getting some beer.”